The ASX200 dropped 1.1% over the five days, not recovering from a global rout over political uncertainty in the US.

The major banks went on a slide with Westpac falling 5% over the week.

Today, the ANZ closed at 28.50, down 1.8%, and Westpac at $30.83, down 1%. The NAB dropped 0.6% to $30.36 and the Commonwealth also 0.6% to $80.26.

Origin Energy shed 1.8% to $7.59 after announcing the sale of the Darling Downs LNG pipeline network for $392 million.

Sirtex clawed back some ground today, closing 9.5% higher at $11.83. The shares yesterday fell almost 30% after a study found little no difference between using Sirtex spheres and chemotherapy to treat cancer.

4. APN Outdoor and oOh!media merger is off. The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) believes such a merger would likely result in a substantial lessening of competition in out-of-home advertising services.

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